The local case recorded on Tuesday involved a close contact of a known positive case.
Of Ketchikan s 290 cumulative cases, 150 have involved close contacts of a known positive case.
Seventeen local cases were considered to be active on Tuesday â nine less active cases than was reported on Monday, according to the online EOC dashboard.
One individual was hospitalized on Tuesday in the PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center COVID-19 unit.
In total, 29,778 COVID-19 tests have been collected in Ketchikan. Tests conducted on or before Saturday at the Berth 3 drive-up testing site were processed. Individuals who have not been contacted by health officials tested negative at that time.
KETCHIKAN (KDN) — After not recording any new COVID-19 cases over the weekend, the local Emergency Operations Center on Monday announced six new positive test results.
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Ketchikan: First COVID-19 Vaccines Being Administered in Ketchikan - PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center began administering doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to frontline employees and medical staff Tuesday. Family medicine physician Charlie Jose, MD, and emergency room nurse Amanda Schlecht, RN, were the first two to receive the vaccine. Dr. Jose and Amanda Schlecht have been on the frontlines of patient care throughout the pandemic. Both were eager to receive the vaccine and look forward to the greater community getting immunized when supplies increase.
PeaceHealth will continue to vaccinate frontline staff over the coming weeks and will continue to work with the Emergency Operations Center and local public health to support community distribution of vaccine once it becomes broadly available.
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 23, 2020
Health care workers, firefighters, EMS personnel and nursing home residents are among the first wave of Americans being vaccinated against the coronavirus and some are choosing to take their first doses in public view to demonstrate their trust in its safety.
KRBD’s Eric Stone was on hand Wednesday to bring us this audio postcard as a pair of workers at Ketchikan’s hospital stepped in front of cameras and microphones to take a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
“After many months of great difficulty, pain and sacrifice, today marks a new beginning, one of hope,” said Dr. Peter Rice, the Medical Director at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
The darkest day of the year could be a little brighter in 2020.
PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center spokesperson Kate Govaars confirmed Thursday that the hospital expects the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines around Dec. 21 the winter solstice.
The prospect of the days getting longer is a theme touched on last month by Alaska’s chief medical officer, Dr. Anne Zink.
“I kind of think of it like the sun. Alaskans are used to a dark winter. And we’re also used to the fact that Dec. 22 doesn’t feel much lighter than the 21st. And I think the vaccine’s going to feel the same way,” she said in a Nov. 23 briefing.